An Upfront Wither

Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Barley Wine - Barley Regular

Score

7.40

ABV: 8.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 8

An American style barleywine; we’ve taken inspiration from the OG Stateside brewers generously hopped this beer with Centennial to add a distinct grassy bitterness to pair off against the sweet dried fruit notes brought to the table by the malt bill. Best enjoyed (in our opinion anyway) in a big snifter glass in front of a fire, this beer is another push for us to really expand what we’re capable of as a brewery.

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7.8

dragnet101 (5184) reviewed An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can from Hop Vault, Stourbridge, online. Pours a murky orange-brown with a moderate sized beige head, leaves a nice consistent top. Aroma is yeasty, grains, burnt toffee, light zest, apricot. Taste is sweet, dried fruit, caramel, floral-grassy bitterness Medium to full bodied, smooth, soft carbonation, nice alcohol warmth. Very good indeed.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:24

7.4

minutemat (16469) reviewed An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, March 22. Thanks Jeremy for this. Misty amber, large white head. Prominent resinous aroma. Strong tasting barley wine, sticky, bitter with a marmalade sweetness. Decent.

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2022 at 20:47

BlackHaddock (17491) reviewed An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Monday 7th March 2022, monthly beer exchange in Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Usual 5 suspects sharing beers and talking bollocks. 440ml can; BBD 23rd February 2026. Brought to the share by yours truly. I love a good Barley Wine and this fitted the Bill nicely. Hazed amber/orange body, decent beige head on each glass. Pretty sweet with malty molasses leading the nose and taste with toffee/caramel esters and flavours, some mild hop action for balance, but it's not bitter by any means.

Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2022 at 08:55

6.9

madmitch76 (40782) reviewed An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

19th December 2021
Can. Medium haze on this amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Chewy malts, some wet hay notes in there. A little toffee caramel, none too sweet. Ripe orange and bruised orange bring up the back end into a semi dry finish. Lacks depth and tastes a bit ripe. Don't hate it at all, but just feels like a bit of a fumble into barleywine territory.

Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2021 at 19:30

c0axial (8156) ticked An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2021 at 21:14

7.6

Tommann (7675) reviewed An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Pours hazy orange brown with a large head. Aroma is burnt toast, orange squash, toffee and green apple. Taste has brown sugar, orange squash, green apple and toffee.

Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2021 at 20:24

JAbrams72 (12812) ticked An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 5 years ago

Not wholly what i was expecting. Green grassy nose, followed by rich red malts, soft barley wine sweetness

Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2021 at 00:45

7.6

LordAlwold1970 (9933) reviewed An Upfront Wither from Polly's Brew Co. 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Park Fever, Hither Green. Hazy mahogany coloured pour with a beige head. Nose is toffee apple, sultana,icing sugar,. Taste is caramel, coconut toffee, touch of dried fruit. Sweet warming finish.

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2021 at 19:38